A wall of this old hotel was decorated with drawings made of pebbles during its construction.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.